Throckley, Fortune Pit

HER Number:
3948

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Fortune Pit

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Fortune Pit (Coal) is shown at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by c.1895.

Easting:
1485

Northing:
6705

Grid Reference:
NZ14856705

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3948 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87